RE: MAKEDEV in postinst files
On 18-Jul-2000 Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> Debian policy says:
> 4.6. Device files
> -----------------
> No package may include device files in the package file tree.
>
> If a package needs any special device files that are not included in the
> base system, it has to call `makedev' in the `postinst' script, after asking
> the user for permission to do so.
things like this is what debconf is designed to help with. It handles the "I
already asked logic" plus it can be told the answer ahead of time.
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